Hi all
I rang my GP a few weeks ago because over the last few months I had some symptoms returning, really bad headaches, tiredness, urgency to wee, waking in the early hours, feeling quite down and just generally....meh 😣.
For the last18 months I've been using 100 Estradot patches with a pump of estrogel and feeling great on it until the last few months. I had blood tests done about a year ago, my estrogen level using just the patch was 352pmol. Because I had still had symptoms I added the gel , had tests done 3 weeks after the first lot of tests and my level was 431pmol.
My GP ordered more blood tests and I decided to stop using the gel for a week before them as I was wondering wether my symptoms were because the dose was now too high. At the moment I feel ok, I certainly dont feel worse for coming off the gel.
My results came back today and my estrogen level was 160pmol.
How can I not feel lousy at 160 when a year ago I felt rubbish when my level was 352? I don't get it. Anyone got any ideas?
I'm 49 and haven't had a period for about 7 years but that since I had a Mirena coil.